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Policy Note

Policy Note delivers timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect British Columbians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, provincial budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more. Contributors include staff and research associates from the B.C. Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The views expressed on this blog are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CCPA. Visit the CCPA's Policy Note blog at [url=www.policynote.ca]www.PolicyNote.ca.[/url]

Karena Shaw, Dana Cook, Eryn Fitzgerald, Judith (Kekinusuqs) Sayers| First Nations have built significant momentum in the renewable energy industry and their involvement is bringing real benefits to their communities.

Shannon Daub, Zoë Yunker| Documents indicate that while the Paris talks were underway, the B.C. government launched a closed-door three month-long process with the oil and gas industry to revise and re-write the climate plan.

Seth Klein| Fraser Institute chose National Aboriginal Day (June 21) to release a report by Tom Flanagan claiming that a sharp increase in people with Registered Indian status will drive up government costs.

Shannon Daub, Bill Carroll| One of the key steps we can take towards a more level democratic playing field is to create greater transparency. The Corporate Mapping Project promises to shine a light on the fossil fuel industry.

Kevin Harding| Many Canadians believe there's a trade-off to be made between employment and environmental sustainability. But that doesn't have to be the case, particularly if we look at co-ops as a source of jobs.

Iglika Ivanova| This week, the provincial government released its update on where provincial finances are at six months into the fiscal year and where the economy is heading. The news is not very good.

Marc Lee| The CCPA-BC have uncovered a pattern of misinformation about LNG, coming primarily from the government, which should be looking out for the public interest instead of blindly championing the industry.